Setting the Table for Person-Directed Dining
Whether it's a holiday feast or a midweek family meal, we make memories and deepen our relationships over food and drink. But far too often, we expect elders living in communal care settings to [...]
Closures hit R.I. nursing homes amid staff shortages, experts share potential solutions
In the long term, nursing homes may need to explore entirely new models of care, Brown assistant professor Elizabeth White added, pointing to the Green House model, which establishes smaller scale facilities and emphasizes self-sufficiency and community, as an example. “There’s work around really innovative solutions out there."
Inside Successfully Obtaining Loans for Nursing Home Projects Amid Harsh Financing Environment
"Knowing how community ties can help providers obtain capital, and what type of loan is most industry-friendly can be successful steps towards garnering capital for senior care projects. Taking steps to minimize risk for the lender is another huge factor in attracting capital, according to experienced lenders and those involved in nursing home projects said during a recent webinar hosted by the Green House Project."
Advocates call for ACA-backed demonstration projects in nursing home sector
"She calls it the Einstein option, and includes in her standards for innovation commitments to person-directed care, especially training; small home models; alternative payment policies; and development of a stronger direct care workforce. Even a $600 million investment to kick off such catalytic change, she said, would cost just one-tenth of 1% of SNF spending over the next three years."
Nursing Home Reimbursement Pressure ‘Flat Out Profound,’ Necessitating Innovative Models
“Innovative models are going to present themselves in some way to stop this train,” said Dan Hermann, president and CEO of Ziegler, a specialized investment bank. “The dual eligible folks are going to break the back of all the states, so this train is coming, but it’s going to happen organically.”
Long-term care providers clamor for innovation to avert closing shop
“There is always going to be a portion of people who require maybe a more intensive level of care and also always a proportion of people who would prefer to receive care in a communal setting. How are you setting yourself up to be that provider of choice in a market where maybe there’s less global demand for nursing home beds, but people want privacy, people want to really know their caregivers?”
A Place for Dignity in Eldercare?
"The evidence so far is that the staff is significantly more engaged with residents, avoidable hospitalizations and readmission rates are lower, and family satisfaction is higher. Perhaps most surprising to those who focus on costs, both interventions saw operating margins and market position tick up."
Financing Innovative Eldercare Projects
USDA, HUD, Banks and More! Innovative new eldercare infrastructure can't take shape without financing, and while the market may be tougher than it was in previous years, developers and operators have plenty of options to [...]
Special facility in Massachusetts giving ALS patients their independence back
"Most people with ALS want to stay home rather than suffer the indignity of moving to a traditional nursing home. I hope for a world in which the Leonard Florence Center for Living is the standard of care in America."
Minnesota ponders adding Green House homes to benefit growing aging population
"We have seen significant positive outcomes with this model of care, and I really think it is the empowered staff and the meaningful life focus that we have at the Green House home that contributes to keeping our staff, having our staff engaged, and really having them feel like they are the key in that relationship."